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38 Cards in this Set
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Militarism |
An increase in the importance of the military of the country. |
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Trench warfare |
When the Americans started fighting using trenches which didn't last long. |
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U-boats |
German boats or "untersee boats" |
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Zimmermann telegram |
A telegram from Germany to Mexico offering Mexico a return of territory in exchange for declaring war on the United States |
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Selective service act |
A law that allowed the president to draft in 18 year old men into war. |
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Liberty bonds |
Loans to government that aided its ability to prepare for world war 1 |
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Communist |
People who believe in communism ,or the political system in which all resources are shared equalied |
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Armistice |
A truce or cease-fire agreement between warring nations |
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League of Nations |
A coalition of governments designed to find peaceful solution to disagreements , proposed by woodraw Wilson |
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand |
Heir to the throne of austriahungary |
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Treaty of versailles |
Brought an end of World War One but was never ratified |
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American expeditionary force |
The us military forces sent to Europe during World War One |
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Lusitania |
A passenger ship bombed by Germany |
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Reparations |
Financial payments by the loser of the war |
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Henry Carbot lodge |
Declared "no peace that satisfied Germany in any degree can never satisfy us". |
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National war labor board |
A national government agency organized to help settle disputes between workers and employees in war industries |
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Mobilize |
To prepare for war |
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Stalemate |
A situation in which neither side can win a victory |
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Victory Gardens |
Victory gardens are gardens for people to try and feed themselves so food at the super market goes to the U.S. soldiers |
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"Meatless Mondays and wheat less Wednesdays " |
Meatless Mondays was when Americans tried to not eat any type of meat on Mondays and wheat less Wednesdays was when Americans didn't eat any wheat on Wednesday day. |
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Nationalism |
Deep devotion to ones nation |
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Alliances |
a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations. |
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Neutrality |
the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement |
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Central powers |
Germany and its allies (Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire) in World War I. |
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Bolsheviks |
a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which was renamed the Communist Party after seizing power in the October Revolution of 1917. |
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Draft |
compulsory recruitment for military service. |
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Doughboys |
a US infantryman, especially one in World War I. |
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Sussex pledge |
a promise made in 1916 during World War I by Germany to the United States prior to the latter's entry into the war. |
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Woodrow Wilson |
the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921 and leader of the Progressive Movement. |
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No mans land |
1. disputed ground between the front lines or trenches of two opposing armies |
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Chemical warfare |
The use of chemical gas used by another side to make one side evacuate from their trench so they can shoot freely |
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Schlieffen plan |
to plan a way of preventing a war on two fronts. |
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14 point peace plan |
was a statement given on January 8, 1918 by Woodrow Wilson declaring that World War I would come in peace |
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Espionage |
To spy |
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Sedition |
Telling people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarchy |
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Propaganda |
information, ideas, or rumors constantly spread widely to help or harm a person, group,nation |
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Influenza |
A common, sometimes deadly viral infection that is preventable by the seasonal flu vaccine that occurred in ww1 |
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Pandemic |
When a disease spreads across the whole world |
